Using the `Generator`

Introduction

The Generator class provides an object-oriented way to use swagger-php and all its aspects in a single place.

The `\OpenApi\scan()` function

For a long time the \OpenApi\scan() function was the main entry point into using swagger-php from PHP code.

/**
  * Scan the filesystem for OpenAPI annotations and build openapi-documentation.
  *
  * @param array|Finder|string $directory The directory(s) or filename(s)
  * @param array               $options
  *                                       exclude: string|array $exclude The directory(s) or filename(s) to exclude (as absolute or relative paths)
  *                                       pattern: string       $pattern File pattern(s) to scan (default: *.php)
  *                                       analyser: defaults to StaticAnalyser
  *                                       analysis: defaults to a new Analysis
  *                                       processors: defaults to the registered processors in Analysis
  *
  * @return OpenApi
  */
  function scan($directory, $options = []) { /* ... */ }

Using it looked typically something like this:

require("vendor/autoload.php");

$openapi = \OpenApi\scan(__DIR__, ['exclude' => ['tests'], 'pattern' => '*.php']);

The two configuration options for the underlying Doctrine doc-block parser aliases and namespaces are not part of this function and need to be set separately.

Being static this means setting them back is the callers responsibility and there is also the fact that some Doctrine configuration currently can not be reverted easily.

Therefore, having a single side effect free way of using swagger-php seemed like a good idea...

The `\OpenApi\Generator` class

The Generator class can be used in object-oriented (and fluent) style which allows for easy customization if needed.

In that case to actually process the given input files the non-static method generate() is to be used.

Full example of using the Generator class to generate OpenApi specs.

require("vendor/autoload.php");

$validate = true;
$logger = new \Psr\Log\NullLogger();
$processors = [/* my processors */];
$finder = \Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder::create()->files()->name('*.php')->in(__DIR__);

$openapi = (new \OpenApi\Generator($logger))
            ->setProcessorPipeline(new \OpenApi\Pipeline($processors))
            ->setAliases(['MY' => 'My\Annotations'])
            ->setNamespaces(['My\\Annotations\\'])
            ->setAnalyser(new \OpenApi\Analysers\TokenAnalyser())
            ->setVersion(\OpenApi\Annotations\OpenApi::VERSION_3_0_0)
            ->generate(['/path1/to/project', $finder], new \OpenApi\Analysis(), $validate);

Aliases and namespaces are additional options that allow to customize the parsing of docblocks.

Defaults:

aliases: ['oa' => 'OpenApi\\Annotations']
Aliases help the underlying doctrine annotations library to parse annotations. Effectively they avoid having to write use OpenApi\Annotations as OA; in your code and make @OA\property(..) annotations still work.
namespaces: ['OpenApi\\Annotations\\']
Namespaces control which annotation namespaces can be autoloaded automatically. Under the hood this is handled by registering a custom loader with the doctrine annotation library.

Advantages:

The Generator code will handle configuring things as before in a single place
Static settings will be reverted to the default once finished
The get/set methods allow for using type hints
Static configuration is deprecated and can be removed at some point without code changes
Build in support for PSR logger
Support for Symfony Finder, \SplInfo and file/directory names (`string) as source.

The minimum code required, using the generate() method, looks quite similar to the old scan() code:

    /**
     * Generate OpenAPI spec by scanning the given source files.
     *
     * @param iterable      $sources  PHP source files to scan.
     *                                Supported sources:
     *                                * string - file / directory name
     *                                * \SplFileInfo
     *                                * \Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder
     * @param null|Analysis $analysis custom analysis instance
     * @param bool          $validate flag to enable/disable validation of the returned spec
     */
    public function generate(iterable $sources, ?Analysis $analysis = null, bool $validate = true): \OpenApi\OpenApi { /* ... */ }

require("vendor/autoload.php");

$openapi = (new \OpenApi\Generator())->generate(['/path1/to/project']);

For those that want to type even less and keep using a plain array to configure swagger-php there is also a static version:

<?php
require("vendor/autoload.php");

$openapi = \OpenApi\Generator::scan(['/path/to/project']);

header('Content-Type: application/x-yaml');
echo $openapi->toYaml();

Note: While using the same name as the old scan() function, the Generator::scan method is not 100% backwards compatible.

    /**
     * Static  wrapper around `Generator::generate()`.
     *
     * @param iterable $sources PHP source files to scan.
     *                          Supported sources:
     *                          * string
     *                          * \SplFileInfo
     *                          * \Symfony\Component\Finder\Finder
     * @param array    $options
     *                          aliases:    null|array                    Defaults to `['oa' => 'OpenApi\\Annotations']`.
     *                          namespaces: null|array                    Defaults to `['OpenApi\\Annotations\\']`.
     *                          analyser:   null|AnalyserInterface        Defaults to a new `ReflectionAnalyser` supporting both docblocks and attributes.
     *                          analysis:   null|Analysis                 Defaults to a new `Analysis`.
     *                          processors: null|array                    Defaults to `Analysis::processors()`.
     *                          logger:     null|\Psr\Log\LoggerInterface If not set logging will use \OpenApi\Logger as before.
     *                          validate:   bool                          Defaults to `true`.
     *                          version:    string                        Defaults to `\OpenApi\Annotations\OpenApi::VERSION_3_0_0`. Alternatives are: `\OpenApi\Annotations\OpenApi::VERSION_3_1_0`.
     */
    public static function scan(iterable $sources, array $options = []): OpenApi { /* ... */ }

Most notably the exclude and pattern keys are no longer supported. Instead, a Symfony Finder instance can be passed in as source directly (same as with Generator::generate()).

If needed, the \OpenApi\Util class provides a builder method that allows to keep the status-quo

$exclude = ['tests'];
$pattern = '*.php';

$openapi = \OpenApi\Generator::scan(\OpenApi\Util::finder(__DIR__, $exclude, $pattern));

// same as

$openapi = \OpenApi\scan(__DIR__, ['exclude' => $exclude, 'pattern' => $pattern]);

Annotations

Processors

Using the Generator #

Introduction #

The \OpenApi\scan() function #

The \OpenApi\Generator class #

Using the `Generator`

Introduction

The `\OpenApi\scan()` function

The `\OpenApi\Generator` class